On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 09:10:28AM -0600, cbowman@netdoor.com wrote: > hi, ok that sounds cool. I will give that a try when I can get linux > installed. is this also under slakware so far as you know? thanks alot. All distributions come with some games. If a game is not there in one distribution you can look for it in other distributions or on the net in general. > charles > > On 2002-06-01 blinux-list@redhat.com said: > >No time for games. That doesn't mean there are no games on Linux. > >Games are part of any distribution since it's early days. The only > >two that I played with and still do it once or twice a year are GNU > >chess and Mahjong. It's possible to play chess in text mode. I do > >not know if it's possible to play any other game without graphics. > >There are whole directories under /usr/games and /usr/share/games > >for games. Some games are in other locations as well. Check it out. > >Linux has a great tool for finding files. It runs a program slocate > >to build a database once a day, around 4 in the morning for Redhat > >I think. That database is accessible with command locate. For > >example: locate games > >produces a bunch of lines listing any directory and file name with > >string "games" in it. Then you go from there and look at the files > >directly to find the one you realy want. > >On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 09:48:55PM -0600, cbowman@netdoor.com wrote: > >> hi listers, if there are any gamers on thelist here. are there any > >> accessable games in linux? thanks alot. > >> charles > >> Net-Tamer V 1.11 - Test Drive > >-- > >Rafael > >The Gap Between the Rich and the Poor is Constant. -- Rafael The Gap Between the Rich and the Poor is Constant.